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"https://dfarq.homeip.net/code-red-worm-july-13-2001/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=code-red-worm-july-13-2001", "published_at": "2026-07-13T11:00:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-5cce-7322-a946-34d4e2c6a565", "title": "Gary Kildall’s death investigation", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/gary-kildalls-death-investigation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gary-kildalls-death-investigation", "published_at": "2026-07-10T11:00:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-5cce-7322-a946-34d4e3524b79", "title": "Monorail: Pioneering $999 PCs from 1996", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/monorail-the-pioneering-999-pc-from-1996/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monorail-the-pioneering-999-pc-from-1996", "published_at": "2026-07-09T11:00:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-5cce-7322-a946-34d4e41885f6", "title": "How Donkey Kong toppled Atari", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-donkey-kong-toppled-atari/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-donkey-kong-toppled-atari", "published_at": "2026-07-08T11:00:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c542-ac00-738b-9e1e-35864e94c9ab", "title": "Ray Kassar, former Atari CEO", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/ray-kassar-former-atari-ceo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ray-kassar-former-atari-ceo", "published_at": "2026-07-07T11:00:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c542-ac00-738b-9e1e-35864f45a7f0", "title": "Why IBM bought Lotus", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/why-ibm-bought-lotus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-ibm-bought-lotus", "published_at": "2026-07-06T11:00:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c542-ac00-738b-9e1e-35864f8e234d", "title": "Compute!’s Gazette magazine, 1983-1995", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/computes-gazette-magazine-1983-1995/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=computes-gazette-magazine-1983-1995", "published_at": "2026-07-03T11:00:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c542-ac00-738b-9e1e-35865084abed", "title": "Jack Tramiel and Atari", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/jack-tramiel-and-atari/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jack-tramiel-and-atari", "published_at": "2026-07-02T11:00:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c542-ac00-738b-9e1e-358650cc46f6", "title": "The earliest surviving Tom’s Hardware Guide article", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-earliest-surviving-toms-hardware-guide-article/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-earliest-surviving-toms-hardware-guide-article", "published_at": "2026-07-01T11:00:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c542-ac00-738b-9e1e-3586513f4bcd", "title": "Apricot Computers: An underrated British brand", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/apricot-computers-an-underrated-british-brand/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apricot-computers-an-underrated-british-brand", "published_at": "2026-06-30T11:00:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c542-ac00-738b-9e1e-35865160ad72", "title": "What happened to Altavista", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-happened-to-altavista/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-happened-to-altavista", "published_at": "2026-06-29T11:00:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c542-ac00-738b-9e1e-3586519393d8", "title": "Spyglass: A web browsing pioneer’s IPO", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/spyglass-a-web-browsing-pioneers-ipo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spyglass-a-web-browsing-pioneers-ipo", "published_at": "2026-06-26T11:00:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c542-ac00-738b-9e1e-35865288f0f9", "title": "VA Linux’s transformation after leaving the hardware business", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/va-linuxs-transformation-after-leaving-the-hardware-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=va-linuxs-transformation-after-leaving-the-hardware-business", "published_at": "2026-06-25T11:00:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c542-ac00-738b-9e1e-358653831634", "title": "Windows 98 shipped June 25, 1998", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/windows-98-shipped-june-25-1998/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=windows-98-shipped-june-25-1998", "published_at": "2026-06-24T11:00:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-8361-714a-85aa-0314accc1e79", "title": "What went wrong with 3DO", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-went-wrong-with-3do/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-went-wrong-with-3do", "published_at": "2026-06-23T11:00:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-8361-714a-85aa-0314ad2caad2", "title": "AMD Athlon: AMD’s game changing CPU from 1999", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/amd-athlon-amds-game-changing-cpu-from-1999/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amd-athlon-amds-game-changing-cpu-from-1999", "published_at": "2026-06-22T11:00:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-8361-714a-85aa-0314ad887358", "title": "Jay Miner, Atari and Amiga computer designer", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/jay-miner-atari-and-amiga-computer-designer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jay-miner-atari-and-amiga-computer-designer", "published_at": "2026-06-19T11:00:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-8361-714a-85aa-0314add8d609", "title": "Windows ME released June 19, 2000", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/windows-me-released-june-19-2000/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=windows-me-released-june-19-2000", "published_at": "2026-06-18T11:00:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-8361-714a-85aa-0314ae1c9873", "title": "How a Microsoft product from June 1979 led to the IBM PC", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-a-microsoft-product-from-june-1979-led-to-the-ibm-pc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-a-microsoft-product-from-june-1979-led-to-the-ibm-pc", "published_at": "2026-06-17T11:00:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-8361-714a-85aa-0314aeb79fc5", "title": "Apple Disk II launched June 1978", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/apple-disk-ii-launched-june-1978/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apple-disk-ii-launched-june-1978", "published_at": "2026-06-16T11:00:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-8361-714a-85aa-0314af1842d7", "title": "GIF’s June 1987 debut", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/gifs-june-1987-debut/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gifs-june-1987-debut", "published_at": "2026-06-15T11:00:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-8361-714a-85aa-0314afb8f48d", "title": "Intel’s Pentium FDIV bug and recall", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-pentium-fdiv-bug-and-recall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-pentium-fdiv-bug-and-recall", "published_at": "2026-06-12T11:00:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-8361-714a-85aa-0314afd71948", "title": "The failed 3Com and US Robotics merger", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-failed-3com-and-us-robotics-merger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-failed-3com-and-us-robotics-merger", "published_at": "2026-06-11T11:00:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-8361-714a-85aa-0314b0d4b36a", "title": "Texas Instruments Speak and Spell", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/texas-instruments-speak-and-spell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-instruments-speak-and-spell", "published_at": "2026-06-10T11:00:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c553-c97c-73ad-bea1-e43ccda169ea", "title": "Apple II: Launched June 10, 1977", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/apple-ii-launched-june-10-1977/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apple-ii-launched-june-10-1977", "published_at": "2026-06-09T11:00:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c553-c97c-73ad-bea1-e43cce13bcbd", "title": "Eagle Computer: The rise and fall of an early PC clone", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/eagle-computer-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-early-pc-clone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eagle-computer-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-early-pc-clone", "published_at": "2026-06-08T11:00:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c553-c97c-73ad-bea1-e43ccf001b1b", "title": "First Commodore PET sold, June 5, 1977", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/first-commodore-pet-sold-june-5-1977/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-commodore-pet-sold-june-5-1977", "published_at": "2026-06-05T11:00:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c553-c97c-73ad-bea1-e43ccf71f715", "title": "AMD 486DX4 released June 4, 1995", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/amd-486dx4-released-june-4-1995/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amd-486dx4-released-june-4-1995", "published_at": "2026-06-04T11:00:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c553-c97c-73ad-bea1-e43cd0097e37", "title": "GE Widescreen 1000: Big time TV for big budgets", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/ge-widescreen-1000/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ge-widescreen-1000", "published_at": "2026-06-03T11:00:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c553-c97c-73ad-bea1-e43cd0f3bc6b", "title": "Cyrix 486DLC CPU: Introduced June 1992", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/cyrix-486dlc-cpu-introduced-june-1992/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cyrix-486dlc-cpu-introduced-june-1992", "published_at": "2026-06-02T11:00:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c553-c97c-73ad-bea1-e43cd1a6714a", "title": "Intel 8088s and non-Intel non-clones", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/intel-8088s-and-non-intel-non-clones/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=intel-8088s-and-non-intel-non-clones", "published_at": "2026-06-01T11:00:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c553-c97c-73ad-bea1-e43cd1eca6e5", "title": "Why people say CRTs don’t have pixels", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/why-people-say-crts-dont-have-pixels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-people-say-crts-dont-have-pixels", "published_at": "2026-05-29T11:00:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c553-c97c-73ad-bea1-e43cd22931e4", "title": "DR DOS: Revenge of CP/M", "url": "https://dfarq.homeip.net/dr-dos-revenge-of-cp-m/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dr-dos-revenge-of-cp-m", 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2026

Motorola born September 25, 1928original ↗
24 Sept 2026
Ebay’s IPO: The rare dotcom survivororiginal ↗
23 Sept 2026
Athlon 64: How AMD turned the tables on Inteloriginal ↗
22 Sept 2026
NEC V20 CPU: A bit of pep for an XToriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
Retro emojis: We had ’em in the 80s and 90soriginal ↗
18 Sept 2026
Computer Reset, Dallasoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2026
The 6502 CPU’s odd debutoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2026
Diamond Rio PMP300original ↗
15 Sept 2026
Osborne Computer’s bankruptcy and the Osborne Effectoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2026
The spy in your living roomoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2026
Atari 2600 launch titlesoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2026
When the RIAA sued a 12-year-old for MP3 piracyoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2026
The first VHS VCR: JVC HR-3300original ↗
9 Sept 2026
What happened to Compuserve?original ↗
8 Sept 2026
The ill-fated HP-Compaq mergeroriginal ↗
7 Sept 2026
The September that Never Endedoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2026
Microsoft 6502 Basic released as open source Sept 3, 2025original ↗
3 Sept 2026
Atari Lynx: The first color handheld game consoleoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2026
Commodore 64 released September 1, 1982original ↗
1 Sept 2026
Adobe’s August 1994 acquisition of Aldusoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2026
Apple prevails over Franklin, August 30, 1983original ↗
30 Aug 2026
A Roku alternative streaming deviceoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2026
Dell Optiplex 3040 and 3050 microoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2026
Anandtech shut down abruptly, August 30, 2024original ↗
28 Aug 2026
TEAC founded in 1953, sort oforiginal ↗
27 Aug 2026
Digg v4 and lessons not learnedoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2026
Linux first announced August 25, 1991original ↗
25 Aug 2026
Windows 95 released August 24, 1995original ↗
24 Aug 2026
Microsoft QuickBasic rememberedoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2026
Adobe Systems IPO August 20, 1986original ↗
20 Aug 2026
Chuck Peddle joins MOS Technology, August 19, 1974original ↗
19 Aug 2026
What happened to Egghead Softwareoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2026
When the Internet reached half of US householdsoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2026
IBM PC Compact Printer model 5181original ↗
15 Aug 2026
Commodore’s purchase of Amiga, August 14, 1984original ↗
14 Aug 2026
IBM 5170 PC/AToriginal ↗
13 Aug 2026
IBM PC introduced, August 12, 1981original ↗
12 Aug 2026
Red Hat’s successful 1999 IPOoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2026
The first pirated MP3original ↗
10 Aug 2026
Netscape: The IPO that went boom on its way up and downoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2026
Why Microsoft invested $150 million in Apple in 1997original ↗
6 Aug 2026
Ebay’s 1995 debutoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2026
Radio Shack’s TRS-80: Introduced Aug 3, 1977original ↗
4 Aug 2026
The Caldera-SCO merger of 2000original ↗
3 Aug 2026
Windows NT 4.0: Released to Manufacturing July 31, 1996original ↗
31 Jul 2026
When Nintendo sued Blockbusteroriginal ↗
30 Jul 2026
Clive Sinclair: a US perspectiveoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2026
IBM PS/2 E: The first Energy Star computeroriginal ↗
28 Jul 2026
Advantages and disadvantages of Windows NT 3.1original ↗
27 Jul 2026
What happened to ARCNEToriginal ↗
26 Jul 2026
David Bunnell, vintage computer magazine publisheroriginal ↗
24 Jul 2026
The Caldera-Microsoft Lawsuit of 1996original ↗
23 Jul 2026
Amiga 1000: Ten years ahead of its timeoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2026
The First Microsoft Productoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2026
The MCI Worldcom merger, bankruptcy, and scandaloriginal ↗
20 Jul 2026
Digital Research’s 1991 merger with Novelloriginal ↗
17 Jul 2026
Intel founded July 18, 1968original ↗
16 Jul 2026
Reasons for Escom’s bankruptcyoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2026
Nintendo Famicom and the secret of Nintendo’s successoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2026
Code Red worm, July 13, 2001original ↗
13 Jul 2026
Gary Kildall’s death investigationoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2026
Monorail: Pioneering $999 PCs from 1996original ↗
9 Jul 2026
How Donkey Kong toppled Atarioriginal ↗
8 Jul 2026
Ray Kassar, former Atari CEOoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2026
Why IBM bought Lotusoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2026
Compute!’s Gazette magazine, 1983-1995original ↗
3 Jul 2026
Jack Tramiel and Atarioriginal ↗
2 Jul 2026
The earliest surviving Tom’s Hardware Guide articleoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2026
Apricot Computers: An underrated British brandoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2026
What happened to Altavistaoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2026
Spyglass: A web browsing pioneer’s IPOoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2026
VA Linux’s transformation after leaving the hardware businessoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2026
Windows 98 shipped June 25, 1998original ↗
24 Jun 2026
What went wrong with 3DOoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2026
AMD Athlon: AMD’s game changing CPU from 1999original ↗
22 Jun 2026
Jay Miner, Atari and Amiga computer designeroriginal ↗
19 Jun 2026
Windows ME released June 19, 2000original ↗
18 Jun 2026
How a Microsoft product from June 1979 led to the IBM PCoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2026
Apple Disk II launched June 1978original ↗
16 Jun 2026
GIF’s June 1987 debutoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2026
Intel’s Pentium FDIV bug and recalloriginal ↗
12 Jun 2026
The failed 3Com and US Robotics mergeroriginal ↗
11 Jun 2026
Texas Instruments Speak and Spelloriginal ↗
10 Jun 2026
Apple II: Launched June 10, 1977original ↗
9 Jun 2026
Eagle Computer: The rise and fall of an early PC cloneoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2026
First Commodore PET sold, June 5, 1977original ↗
5 Jun 2026
AMD 486DX4 released June 4, 1995original ↗
4 Jun 2026
GE Widescreen 1000: Big time TV for big budgetsoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2026
Cyrix 486DLC CPU: Introduced June 1992original ↗
2 Jun 2026
Intel 8088s and non-Intel non-clonesoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2026
Why people say CRTs don’t have pixelsoriginal ↗
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